China
- Top China cotton producer resists reforms in restive Xinjiang – Reuters
- The aging dollar peg: time for the PBC to bid it farewell – Bruegel
- Six things China can do to become the world’s most entrepreneurial economy – Conversation
- Mainland developers raise home prices on improved market sentiment – SCMP
- Structural adjustment may cause liquidity squeeze – China Daily
- China property dispute unearths debt skeletons – Reuters
Asia
- BOJ Policy Stance Change Would Incur High Cost, ex-MOF Kato Says – Bloomberg
- Japan’s Central Bank Told the Check’s in the Mail – Bloomberg
- Will Bank of Japan Find ‘CPI Shock’ at Road’s End? – WSJ
- Japanese exports are on the rise – World Finance
- WHAT DOES JAPAN’S RETURN TO GROWTH MEAN FOR QE? – Pieria
- Skilled Indian graduates in high demand – Nikkei Asian Review
- ‘Strongman’ leaders push reform in Indonesia, India – Nikkei Asian Review
- The global economy may be about to get a lift from Japan, of all places – Quartz
United States
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- Dollar Drag: surging buck hits US corporate earnings – AP
- What Impact Will TPP Have on the US Trade Deficit? – Peterson Institute
- After the Housing Crisis, a Cash Flood and Silence – NY Times
- Wal-Mart to raise pay for 500,000 workers – Washington Post
- Americans are having more trouble paying off their student debt than their houses – Washington Post
- A brief history of middle-class economics: Productivity, participation, and inequality in the United States – Vox…great read…
- What Wal-Mart’s Pay Increase Means For The Economy – FiveThirtyEight
- Oil and Gas Companies Are Dodging Workers’ Compensation Payments In North Dakota – IB Times
- Who Caused The Financial Crisis? Prosecutors Face 3-Month Deadline For Bringing Charges In The Subprime Mortgage Mess – IB Times
- Cranking Up for 2016 – NY Times, Krugman
Americas
- How’s the Mexican Economy Growing? You’ll Have Three Answers – WSJ
- Maybe we have bad tax policy because the public won’t tolerate improvements – Vancouver Sun…our problems are not unique…
- Bank of Canada says oil slump could briefly dip inflation into negative territory – Financial Post
- Mortgage firms tighten lending standards in Calgary as housing boom turns sour – Financial post
- Canada must rethink strategy to survive oil price drop – World Finance
Europe
- Finance chiefs draw up Greek bailout blueprint – FT.com
- Greece, euro zone creditors reach accord on loan – Reuters
- Denmark ready to impose capital controls to protect currency – Telegraph
- Greece and its EU paymasters reach accord to keep bailout funds flowing for four months
- Currency War Feeds Denmark’s Housing Boom Amid Extreme Rates – Bloomberg
- German Economy Builds Momentum After Leading Europe in 2014 – Bloomberg
- Why Germany Rejected Greece’s Peace Offering – Bloomberg
- Would Germany Shoot Itself In the Foot? – WSJ
- Varoufakis Meets Euro Partners as Greece Seeks to Avoid Default – Bloomberg
- The Failure of Austerity In Pictures – XE.com
- Spain’s ‘Good’ Deflation? – Economonitor
- This is the eurozone risk investors are ignoring – Market Watch
- Europe’s firewalls may not be enough to stem Grexit investor panic – Financial Post
- Europe needs a lasting solution for the Greek problem – Bruegel
- Greece, creditors divided ahead of new debt talks – CBS
- Greece defiant as Germany tears up last-ditch EMU compromise on austerity – Telegraph, AEP
- Eurozone Ministers Hold Emergency Talks on Greece – NY Times
- What will Germany pay for not compromising with Greece? – BBC
United Kingdom
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- The great fracturing: Britain’s slide into six-party politics presages instability and a crisis of legitimacy – Economist
- Britain records biggest budget surplus in seven years in January – Telegraph
- UK finances buoyed by influx of payments from wealthy taxpayers
- UK manufacturing: Time to be upbeat? – BBC
Australia
- Australia’s ‘Goldilocks’ miner benefiting from majors’ discards – Mineweb
- Abbott’s weakened grip on Australian power makes Japan uneasy – Nikkei Asian Review
- ISPs to dob in movie pirates under proposed three-strikes rule – Fairfax
- At least 500 jobs to come from submarine project but no guarantee of local construction – Fairfax
- Forgery, sackings and millions in compensation: NAB under fire over financial planners – Fairfax
- One in four Tax Office staff threaten strike action by mid-year – Fairfax
- Scary Joe has cried wolf too often – Fairfax, Pascoemeter
- Forty per cent of government money loaned to students will not be repaid, Grattan Institute says – ABC
- Australia rows back on A$20bn sub deal – FT.com
- Melbourne first-home buyers forced to the fringe after being priced out – Fairfax
- Australian dream a nightmare for many labour hire employees – The Conversation
- The RBA cut rates, we said it shouldn’t. Here’s why. – The Conversation
- Australia is not a country of rorters: our tax system is sound – The Conversation
- Hockey signs first asset recycling deal – with a Labor government – The Conversation
- Productivity Commission a missed opportunity for childcare – The Conversation
- Labor must go boldly – The Monthly
- Significant Investor Visa approvals increase five-fold in a year – Fairfax…and how many borrow the money they ‘invest’ back?…
- A conspiracy to stiff gas consumers – Fairfax…that’s what we have in Australia…
- Long-term employment trends: retired workers happy to put their feet up – Fairfax, Gitto
Commodities
- Oil falls below $60 as oversupply weighs – Reuters
- Copper heading for 1.5 million tonne deficit by 2018 – Mineweb
- Global silver production up 3.8% in 2014 – Mineweb
- Asian aluminum premiums set to sag as China exports swell – Reuters
- S. farm lobbies call for action over India, China subsidies – Reuters
- Why gold is a better bet than oil – Market Watch
- How oil’s dramatic plunge has changed the energy equation – Fortune
- Coffee prices slide as Brazilian rainfall worries recede – FT.com
Capital Markets
- ECB Plans to Push Greek Banks to Shed State Debt If Talks Fail – Bloomberg
- US Treasury recognises China’s reduced currency intervention – FT.com
- Foreign holdings of US Treasury debt hit record in December – AP
- New Rules Spur a Humbling Overhaul of Wall St. Banks – NY Times
- Rising dollar makes renminbi second-most overvalued currency – Euromoney
- Fact of the week – The tiny balance sheet impact of the TLTRO (charted) – Bruegel
- Pricing In A US Rate Hike… Again – Capital Spectator
- There is a bond bubble, but it might not burst – ABC, Kohler
- China calls shots in currency war – Japan Times
Markets /Investing
- How Our Memories Shape Market Cycles – A Wealth of Common Sense…good read…
- Robert Shiller’s Bubble Vision – Bloomberg
- The Myth of Black Swan Market Events – NY Times
- Bond trading: Information trumps execution –Euromoney…big read…
Be Aware Of Evolving ETF Characteristics – ETF.com - How to embrace risk in a volatile world – Fortune
Global Macro
- Yellen Confronts Economists’ Ignorance – Bloomberg
- Forward Guidance Still Isn’t Working – Bloomberg
- GDP-linked Bonds: Can Argentina’s Failure Become Greece’s Success? – Peterson Institute
- Global sourcing of heterogeneous firms: Theory and evidence – Vox
- Tax progressivity and the government’s ability to collect additional tax revenue – Vox
- Getting companies to invest long-term – Vox
- The surge in corporate cash and the nature of financial shocks – Vox
- Until we fix our economic system tax evasion will continue – Conversation…yep…
- Warning: too much finance is bad for the economy – Economist
- ON THE MORALITY OF DEBT – Pieria
- A relic of empire that created a tax colony – FT.com
- Bitcoin hack report suggests inside job – FT.com
And Furthermore
- Are performance appraisals worth it? – Fairfax
- As the Rich Get Richer, Unions Are Poised for Comeback – Bloomberg
- When a Graduate Degree Just Isn’t Worth it – Bloomberg
- Rest in Peace for Less With Coffins Made in China – Bloomberg
- Last Year Saw Pivot In New-Home Sizes – WSJ
- A New Degree in Architecture, Computers or Health Is Worth More Than Decades of Job Experience – WSJ
- The Cost of a Decline in Unions – NY Times
- How 25 years of Photoshop changed the way we see reality – Washington Post
- How the Internet may be shifting innovation away from big cities – Washington Post
- Betting the house: Monetary policy, mortgage booms and housing prices – Vox
- Why we should get rid of tipping – Conversation…when it’s just code for ripping off staff, then yes…
- Homes: What you can buy for $200,000 – CBS… ‘In most U.S. cities, $200,000 will buy a comfortable place to call home’…
- GLOBAL AGEING: FROM PYRAMID TO BEEHIVE IN 100 YEARS – Pieria
- Why It’s So Hard to Figure Out What to Pay Top Talent – HBR
- Do you love coffee? You should probably be drinking even more – Quartz
- Why powerful people are rarely punished appropriately – Fortune
- Are sport broadcast rights worth the money? – The Conversation
- Explainer: how bankers fixed forex trades and why it’s criminal – The Conversation
A cherry on top
- A Whistleblower’s Horror Story – Rolling Stone, Taibbi
- Asset Bubbles: Re-thinking Policy for the Age of Asset Management – IMF (Pdf)….good read….